200 mbps down, FireTV connected over gigabit ethernet. Sling works fine. My connection isn't the problem.
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AT&T Follows Time Warner Acquisition With Reveal of Live 'WatchTV' Service and New Unlimited Phone Plans
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200 mbps down, FireTV connected over gigabit ethernet. Sling works fine. My connection isn't the problem.
The forecast calls for more heavy crap-storms in this new regulatory environment. Moreover, they and Verizon have completely eviscerated the word “unlimited”.I have zero interest in live tv. Even if it's free. And, I will never go back to AT&T.
When I read the headline, I saw: But 1 turd, get 1 turd free.
No thanks. They can keep their crap.
FireTV might be the problem. Seems DTVN's app focus has been more aimed at ATV & Roku if the marketing I'm seeing is any indicator. Perhaps FireTV app development has been getting the short end of the stick, and thus the reason for your experience.
Also found this indicating it is an app issue on FireTV rather than endemic to the whole DTVN service:
https://help.directvnow.com/hc/en-us/articles/211974986-DIRECTV-NOW-crashes-on-Amazon-Fire-TV-Stick
My service has been good on my ATV4K.
It would probably be most helpful to others in the future if you do mention the FireTV when sharing that your DTVN experience has been poor. It'd likely avoid debate with folks whose experience (on other devices) is the exact opposite.
Nope, FireTV is not the problem. If DirectTV Now can't develop a stable app for the FTV, then it's their problem. Because it's possible. Sling has done it. Hulu and Netflix have done it. Lots of companies have done it. DTVN has chosen not to.
Fire TV is the biggest pile of dung that anyone has ever put out on the market. Their has been plenty of folks that have other services that have had issue after issue with Fire TV. I am one that experienced such (Playstation Vue and DTVN both had buffering issues. AT&T and Sony can't fix a piece of crap hardware that is Fire TV. I took mine and ran over with my 4 wheel drive, put it in an Amazon box and shipped it back to them. You couldn't give me 3 free Fire Junk TV's in place of my 4K Apple TV.
What contract?
The financing? Well yeah, you do sort of have to pay off the money you borrowed. Just pay it off and you're done. Who doesn't know that?
On a general basis, meaning I can't exclude some random exception, there are no cell service contracts with AT&T. You can leave any time you want. You do have to pay off the financing on the phone for them to unlock it though, but that's a simple matter of planning ahead, which I do understand is becoming a lost art.
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I was referring the DTVN app for FireTV and not the device itself. That should have been obvious but apparently wasn't for some reason.
Yeah, it's on DTVN to develop a proper app for FTV. Perhaps someday they will. Doesn't make the service itself bad... unless you're using the FTV app. That's the thing that it'd be nice to make clear to others rather that create confusion since DTVN seems to push harder on the Roku/ATV side.
Like others here, I wouldn’t sign up for that “live TV” package if it were free. Watching cable news is the best way to guarantee your perpetual ignorance, the rest are genre-fillers of the lowest quality. And I’m positive you still get plenty of forced advertising. Basic cable has fallen off a cliff and landed in a canyon of feces.
It seems ALL the great content is now available through OTT providers— who charge, generally, exactly what their worth. In my estimation the true market value of Netflix is probably closer to $25-$30, but it’s $11.99. HBO seems pretty fairly priced at about $15. The other premium (previously cable-only) networks, worth somewhere between $5 to $15. And all the other great streaming services like HULU, Film Struck, Sundance Now, Fandor, Amazon Prime TV, MUBI, etc. are under $10, and that’s where 5e rest of the best content exists (almost all of it without any ads!). PBS is exceptional, and it’s free, as is Kanopy (the online library video streaming service). I’m not into sports, so I can’t speak to that.
We’re living during an interesting transition. There’s a very small price to pay (in inconvenience) to assemble what you want, given the value and the amazingly high quality of content. Cable TV has been dead to me for many, many years. The fact that I know people who still pay over $100 a month on their cable/satellite bill is crazy to me.
No way am I ever buying anything from AT&T or &AnyOfTheirTerribleServices. &Never.
It seems ALL the great content is now available through OTT providers— who charge, generally, exactly what their worth. In my estimation the true market value of Netflix is probably closer to $25-$30, but it’s $11.99. HBO seems pretty fairly priced at about $15. The other premium (previously cable-only) networks, worth somewhere between $5 to $15. And all the other great streaming services like HULU, Film Struck, Sundance Now, Fandor, Amazon Prime TV, MUBI, etc. are under $10, and that’s where 5e rest of the best content exists (almost all of it without any ads!). PBS is exceptional, and it’s free, as is Kanopy (the online library video streaming service). I’m not into sports, so I can’t speak to that.
We’re living during an interesting transition. There’s a very small price to pay (in inconvenience) to assemble what you want, given the value and the amazingly high quality of content. Cable TV has been dead to me for many, many years. The fact that I know people who still pay over $100 a month on their cable/satellite bill is crazy to me.
No way am I ever buying anything from AT&T or &AnyOfTheirTerribleServices. &Never.
if I switch to this new Premium plan, it looks like I’ll end up paying $10 more a month, before any taxes and fees. That will add that WatchTV and 15 GB of tether (I use none but whatever).
Or I can save an extra $10 and switch to the unlimited plan. I’d lose tethering. Still get WatchTV, but I’m confused on the data part. Can they just throttle when it’s busy, regardless of how much you’ve used? Oh, and they stream video in SD. Is that really an issue with cell phone’s small screens?
Or I can save an extra $10 and switch to the unlimited plan. I’d lose tethering. Still get WatchTV, but I’m confused on the data part. Can they just throttle when it’s busy, regardless of how much you’ve used? Oh, and they stream video in SD. Is that really an issue with cell phone’s small screens?